NAKAYAMA Shigeru was a leading Japanese scholar specializing in the history of science. He was Professor Emeritus at Kanagawa University and Vice-Chairman of the International Academy of the History of Science. In 1945, he joined the Hiroshima High School Science Class (now Hiroshima University), and was exposed to the atomic bomb at his residence. In 1948, he moved to Tokyo to join the Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, and upon graduating in 1951 was employed by the publisher Heibonsha. In 1955, he joined the Graduate School of Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar and was awarded a PhD in 1960. After returning to Japan, he served in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Tokyo as Lecturer, and later went on to become Assistant Professor. He retired from the University of Tokyo in 1989 and became Professor at Kanagawa University. His career produced a wide range of research achievements, including in the history of science and technology in China and Japan, the history of universities and the social history of science. He passed away in 2014.
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A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan (Complete Set)
NAKAYAMA Shigeru
Order all four-books together for "A Social His...Order all four-books together for "A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan" which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastati... -
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Social History of Science and Technology Vol.4NAKAYAMA Shigeru, YOSHIOKA Hitoshi
Volume 4 of the four-volume A Social History of...Volume 4 of the four-volume A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan examines the transformative decade of the 1970s, when Japan confronted the social and environmental cons... -
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Social History of Science and Technology Vol.3NAKAYAMA Shigeru, GOTO Kunio
Volume 3 of the four-volume A Social History of...Volume 3 of the four-volume A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan examines the period of high economic growth, when Japan emerged as one of the world's leading scientific... -
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Social History of Science and Technology Vol.2NAKAYAMA Shigeru
Volume 2 of the four-volume A Social History of...Volume 2 of the four-volume A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan examines the critical years from 1952 to 1959, when Japan sought to rebuild its scientific and technolog... -
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Social History of Science and Technology Vol.1NAKAYAMA Shigeru
Volume 1 of the four-volume A Social History of...Volume 1 of the four-volume A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan examines the occupation years from 1945 to 1952, when Japan's scientific and technological institutions ...
